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Some orgs go a little bit too far with this. Plotly for instance puts a publish button by default which is a direct tie in to their cloud data hosting. You can
by th0ma5 9y ago
Some orgs go a little bit too far with this. Plotly for instance puts a publish button by default which is a direct tie in to their cloud data hosting. You can turn it off, but being opt-out instead of opt-in is a little disingenuous for an open source project in my opinion.
- nine_k 9y agoIt its being open-source matters to you, you can go and alter the source to your taste and remove the button. (I'm not even talking about contributing something generally useful upstream.) If someone just wants some piece of software for free, but does not care to have a clue, then maybe they're better served by a paid subscription.
- Retra 9y agoPeople who don't have a clue are better served by being exploited, rather than informed?
- nine_k 9y agoExploited = taken advantage of, to their detriment. How is this the case with a link placed somewhere? People without both a clue and a desire to spend time on acquiring it are best served by some hand-holding and solving their specific problems for them. Unlike the code, this can be a paid service, on which they can spend money instead.
- th0ma5 9y agoThe link by itself doesn't come with a clear description of the security, privacy, legal, or licensing implications of its use, even accidental use, and could lead to unintended public data disclosure.